[Jazzbass]

It seems almost all Craftsman tools are now made in China.

Went to Sears today to pick up a set of metric allen sockets for the basement shop. I found one last set of US made allen sockets on the back of the rack, and bought it. There was a noticeable quality difference between the US and China made units. I started looking around and almost all the newer tools were made in China now. Wrenches, sockets, ratchets, etc. Only things I found still made in the US were pliers and some open stock wrenches. All the wrench sets - even the expensive "professional" ones - are now Chinese made and look it.

This doesn't mean I'll never shop there again - hell I buy shit from HF all the time. But I won't be going out of my way now to buy tools at Sears, and I definitely won't be paying US made prices for Chinese made stuff. Lowes sells Taiwanese made Kobalt tools which look to be as good if not better than the Chinese made Craftsman stuff and cheaper too. Lifetime warranty on that stuff, too.

Looks like I'll be buying more SK and eBay Snap-On stuff from now on.